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Post by Shady on Dec 29, 2004 21:14:41 GMT
I'm sure you've all heard about the earthquake in South East Asia. About 80,000 dead at the time I'm posting, and it's probably gonna double due to disease etc. I have 2 friends in a city in India that has been quite badly affected  It's a horrible thing to have happened:( I've donated £20 to Oxfam to help the situation over there. I figured that they need it more than me. If anyone else wants to donate through Oxfam, Click here. They accept a few currencies, including £ and $ as well as Euros, and it's secure  |
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Post by LazyBoy on Dec 30, 2004 0:31:23 GMT
yeah its tragic, apparently the earthquake was more powerful than the last 5 major earthquakes put together :S
some people with serious money need to start sorting their life out, eg footballers, they could donate a weeks wages. if each player in premiership did that, it would be well over £1million, and besides its not like they need it.
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Post by Shady on Dec 30, 2004 1:32:35 GMT
yeah its tragic, apparently the earthquake was more powerful than the last 5 major earthquakes put together :S some people with serious money need to start sorting their life out, eg footballers, they could donate a weeks wages. if each player in premiership did that, it would be well over £1million, and besides its not like they need it. That'd be a good idea, but it would never happen. Apparently the British government has pledged £15 million though |
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Post by fireball21 on Dec 30, 2004 3:12:28 GMT
i think i read in the paper the US gov't is giving 35 million dollars or something like that. im not sure though
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Post by FreeWill on Dec 30, 2004 19:51:33 GMT
Stickied for such a good cause |
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Post by Shady on Dec 30, 2004 22:38:28 GMT
Stickied for such a good cause Nice one Apparently people in the UK have raised £25 million now, and the UK government has pledged £50 million. And I was wrong earlier, because The Premiership have pledged £1 million. One bit of good news for me. My 2 friends in Kerala have got in contact with me and are safe |
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Post by Travis on Dec 30, 2004 22:50:09 GMT
Nice one Apparently people in the UK have raised £25 million now, and the UK government has pledged £50 million. And I was wrong earlier, because The Premiership have pledged £1 million. One bit of good news for me. My 2 friends in Kerala have got in contact with me and are safe It is good that they are safe!  But what would bring the costs down are these greedy people who see nothing but dollar signs. If I had a company that sold things like clean up stuff and anything they needed, I would donate some and sell it at a much lower price. That could drop costs several million dollars. But this world is powered by money. |
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Post by Dunce on Jan 2, 2005 3:31:05 GMT
It's tragic.I'll say it might be one of the most tragic natural disasters that have happend during my life. I hope the people get through.
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Post by >>Shockwave80<< on Jan 19, 2005 21:42:02 GMT
yes very sad the death toll is over 150,000  |
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Post by Shady on Jan 20, 2005 15:34:26 GMT
yes very sad the death toll is over 150,000 Over 225,000 now |
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Post by KhAoS on Feb 25, 2005 15:46:32 GMT
Its such a shame that these things happen  |
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Post by LazyBoy on Mar 1, 2005 23:34:00 GMT
think a big up is due to the british public, the fund closed on £300 million, far more than has ever been raised before  |
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Post by Shady on Mar 2, 2005 1:05:02 GMT
think a big up is due to the british public, the fund closed on £300 million, far more than has ever been raised before Yeah, it's awesome what people have done |
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